{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-and-carer-benefits-consequential-amendments-order-2026/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/679",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability and Carer Benefits) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018-disability-and-carer-benefits-consequential-amendments-order-2026",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "(1) The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) for “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”;\n(b) in the definition of “Scottish disability or carer benefit”—\n(i) omit the “or” after paragraph (c);\n(ii) after paragraph (d) insert\n“; or\n(e) carer support payment within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.\n(3) In regulation 12(b) (award of another benefit), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.\n(4) In paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 (effective dates for superseding decisions made on the ground of a change of circumstances), in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)(a), for each occurrence of “Scottish disability benefit” substitute “Scottish disability or carer benefit”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/381; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2021/786, 2022/177, 2024/919 and 2025/227."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2023/302."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/679/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:25.955213+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}